Sophomore guard Mary Wilterdink scored a game-high 13 points, and Libertyvilles girls basketball team defeated host North Chicago 50-37 in a North Suburban Conference crossover for its fourth win in five games.

Wilterdink, who played on varsity as a freshman, sank a pair of 3-pointers.

Mary has really turned a corner for us, offensively and defensively, Wildcats coach Greg Pedersen said. She has potential and tonight she used it.

Despite being smaller, Terese McMahon showed why she is one of the best in the county, taking it to the basket and finishing in some rather large traffic, Lakes coach Pete Schneider said. Terese has been a little sick, like the rest of the team, and today she played very well.

Lakes (10-9) trailed by just eight with five minutes to play. The Eagles were down 12-7 after one quarter and 24-18 at halftime. The Zee-Bees had an 8-0 run in the third quarter and led by as many as 15 points.

The (final) score is not indicative of the game, Schneider said. We played hard and well against a good team. We just could not get over the hump all night.

Amanda Smith had 8 points and 11 assists for Lakes.

Amanda Smith did another great job handling tough pressure, Schneider said. Zion sent two or sometimes three players to trap Amanda, and she did a great job finding the open player.